This is an occasional blog about Crown Ducal pottery, some of it relating to the work of Charlotte Rhead while she worked there. But it is not exclusively about Charlottes work, I have an interest in what Crown Ducal produced throughout its history, 1915-1974.
1983 Antique Collector, January 1983 Magazine article "Pottery designed by Charlotte Rhead" by Bernard Bumpus
1986 "Rhead: Artists & Potters 1870-1950" Book to accompany the exhibitions at Geffrye Museum, London; Cartwright Hall, Bradford; Bristol Museum & Art Gallery and City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-On-Trent. By Bernard Bumpus
1987
"Charlotte Rhead Potter & Designer" The first book to
cover fully the life and work of Charlotte Rhead by Bernard Bumpus
1993
"The History of A.G. Richardson's Crown Ducal Tableware Production
1920-1940 and an Assessment of its Place in the Progressive Approach to
Design Witnessed in the Staffordshire Pottery Industry in the Inter-War
Years" Dissertation By Gerrard Shaw, May 1993. Document DX 209415.
Precursor to his book published in 2015.
1999 "The Rhead Years"
Informal, self published, publication with additional newsletter
updates through 1999 and 2000 by David Williams
1999 "Collecting Rhead Pottery" The best all round source of information on Rhead pottery by Bernard Bumpus
2000 Antiques and Collectables, March 2000 Magazine article "Charlotte Rhead" by David Williams
2001 "20th Century Ceramic Designers in Britain" By Andrew Casey, Chapter 2 covers the life and work of Charlotte Rhead
2012
"Crown Ducal Snow Glaze Tableware and Decorative Pottery" By Ian
Newton, an illustrated catalogue of the known Crown Ducal designs that
used Charlotte Rhead's snow glaze.
2015 "A.G.Richardsons &
Co., Ltd.'s Crown Ducal Ware 1915-1940" By Gerrard Shaw,
predominantly about the tableware designs but includes a wealth of
information about the company and the people who were working at the
time Charlotte was at Richardsons.
2018 "Charlotte Rhead:
Between Art & Industry" by Ian Newton, a booklet to accompany the
display of Charlotte's Crown Ducal designs at The Bowes Museum, Barnard
Castle during the summer of 2018.